Cloth measuring and marking machine.



PATENTED FEB. 27, 1906.

J. F. BOGGS. CLOTH MEASURING AND MARKING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 26, 1905.

2 ISHEETS-SHEET 1.

Attorneys 'No. 813,767. PATENTED FEB. 27, 1906.

J. P. BOGGS.

CLOTH MEASURING AND MARKING MACHINE. APPLIOATION FILED SEPT. 26. 1905.

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N v N N I N Witnesses C Inventor.

A I i I I r I Attorneys UNITED STATES,

PATENT orF oE.

CLOTH MEASURING AND MARKING MACHINE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 27, 1906.

Application filed September 26, 1905. Serial No. 280,215-

To all whom it may concern:

I dies, in the county of San Bernardino and State of California, have invented a new and useful Cloth Measuring and Marking Machine, of which the followin is a specification.

This invention relates to machines for' measuring flexible material, such as textiles and the like, and for simultaneously marking the. material measured at predetermined intervals to indicate the quantity of material in a piece or the length of such piece.

Among the objects of the invention are to simplify and improve the construction and operation of this class of devices; andwith these and other ends in view, which will readily appear as the nature of the invention is better understood, the same consists in the improved construction and novel arrangement and combination of parts, which will be hereinafter fully described, and particularly pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings has beenv illustrated a simple and preferred form of the invention, it being, however, understood that no limitation is necessarily made to the precise structural details therein exhibited, but that changes, alterations, and modifications within the scope of the invention may be resorted to whenever desired.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a side elevation, partly in section, of a machine con structed in accordance with the principles of the invention. Fig. 2 is a top plan view of the same. Fig. 3 "is a sectional detail view taken on the plane indicated by the line 3 3 in Fig. 1 Fig. 4 is adetail view showing in side elevation the marking wheel or disk in connection with tagging mechanism cooperating therewith. Fig. 5 is a detail plan view, partly in section, of the taggin mechanism. Fi 6 isa detail plan view il ustrating a modified form of marking mechanism. Fig. 7 is a detail elevation, partly in section,

of said modified form of marking mechanism.

Fig. 8 is a detail View illustrating a modification. 7

Corresponding parts in the several figures are indicated by like characters of reference.

The device of this invention is preferably supported upon a base comprising a rectangular frame 1, provided at the corners thereof with legs or supporting members 2 2. Said frame is provided near the ends thereof with means for supporting for rotation devices, such as fiat boards 3 3, constituting the reels, from and upon which the material which is to be measured and marked is unwound and wound. These boards or reels are supported for rotation by means, such as pintles 4, which extend through perforations in the sides of the frame and the inner pointed ends of which may be placed in engagement with the edges of the boards 3, said pintles being held in position by means such as set-screws 5. The opposite ends of the boards are supported by means such as spring-actuated clutch members 6 and 7, supported for rotation in the opposite side of the frame, the member 7 being provided with a crank or handle 8, whereby it may be manipulated-for the purpose of winding material upon the board or reel connected therewith.

Upon the sides of the main frame 1 are supported upright frames 9 and 10, having bearings for a shaft 11, carrying a roller 12, upon which is adjustably supported the hub 13 of a measuring wheel or disk 14, said hub being secured by means of a set-screw 15, which admits of the hub being secured in various positions upon the roller. The sides of the frame 1 are provided with bearings for a shaft 16, carrying a pressure-roller 17, the periphery of which is almost in contact with the rim orperiphery of the measuring-wheel 14. The perimeter of the measuring-wheel is of predetermined dimensionssay one yard in circumferences'o that each rotation of said wheel will denote the passage of one yard of material between said measuringwheel and the pressure-roller 17. The latter or the measuring-wheel, or both, may have surfaces covered or coated with rubber or otherwise prepared to insure the regular rotation of said wheel and roller by the passage therebetween of material, such as indicated at 18, when said material is unwound from the board at one end of the machine and wound upon the board at the opposite end.

Upon the'frame 10, which supports the front end of the shaft 11, is fulcrumed a lever 19, one end of which lies in the path of a cam 20, secured upon the shaft 11, and the opposite end of which carries a pin or stud 21, upon which a marking-Wheel 22 is supported for rotation. Said marking-wheel is provided upon its rim or periphery with type, as 23, disposed at equidistant intervals, said type consisting of numbers arranged in nuupon the frame 1 in a position to engage the notches or slots 26 between the type-bearing lugs 25. A spring 28, arranged within a casing 29, which is pivotally connected with the a lever 19, serves to normally force the wheelbearing end of said lever in an upward direction to hold the marking-wheel free from contact with the subjacent parts, which will be presently described.

Supported upon one of the sidejmembers of the frame 1, directly beneath the markingwheel, is a casing 30, which includes a trough 01' basin 31 and side members-32, that afford bearings for a roller 33, carrying a roll of paper 34 and a pair of cooperating feed-rollers 35 and 36, the former of which is partly submerged in the trough 31, said rollers 35 and 36 cooperating to engage the strip of paper coming from the roll 34. The lower feedroller 35 is driven by means of a round belt or cord 37, engaging a groove 38 in the shaft 16 and passing from thence over a pair of approximately horizontal idlers 39, over a grooved pulley 40 upon the shaft of the roller 35, the roller 36 being operated by frictional contact with the material passing between the two rollers. If preferred,'the rollers may be geared together to constitute a positive feed, as illustrated in the detail View, Fig. 8 of the drawings, where 41 and 42 designate the intermeshing gears.

Upon the side of the frame 1 directly adj acent to the casing 30 is supported a platen 43, having a shoulder or offset 44, which is adapted for cooperation with a cutter 45, which is secured upon the lever 19, with which it is partly connected by means of the pin or bolt 21, which constitutes the axis of the marking-wheel. The said pin or bolt also carries a pivoted freely swinging member .46, which is supported closely adjacent to the cutter 45 and which is provided at its lower end with a presser-foot 47. The cutter 45, as will be best'seen in Fig. 4 of the draw ings, is provided with a lug 48, which lies in the path of the pivoted member 46 and prevents the latter from swinging beyond said lug in the direction of the measuring-wheel, while the swinging movement of the member 46 in the opposite direction is unobstructed.

The trough 31, in which the roller 35 is partially submerged, contains adhesive material, which is applied by said roller to the under side,o'f the paper strip coming from the roll 34, or said paper strip may have been previously coated with adhesive material, in which event the contents of the trough 31 will simply be water for the purpose of moistening said adhesive material.

The frame '1 adjacent to' the markingwheels supports an inking device (conventionally indicated at 49) for the, purpose of inking the type upon the marking-wheel.

The operation of the invention as thus far set forth will be readily understood from the foregoing description, taken in connection with the drawings. The material which is to be measured'is passed from the unwinding reel or board between the measuring-wheel and the pressure-roller, care being taken to previously adjust the marking-wheel so that the numeral 1 will be the first one brought into action. As the material advances under the measuring-wheel one complete rotation of the latter brings about the tripping of the lever 19, carrying the marking-wheel, with the result of depressing said markingwheel, thus imprinting a number on the strip of paper underneath and causing the cutter 45 to sever the previously-printed portion of the strip which overhangs the edge of the fabric that passes beneath the resser-foot 47. The latter being simultaneously depressed serves to press the numbered strip or tag which is severed by the cutter 45 into contact with the fabric, to which it is caused to adhere by the adhesive substance with which it is coated, the presser-foot swinging clear of the fabric, as shown in Fig. 4, as the latter advances in the direction ofthe board or reel upon which it is being wound. Each yard or predetermined measurement of the material is thus measured and numbered with abso- 1 lute certainty, the marking-wheel being advanced one step at each operation by the action of the spring-pawl 27 engaging the same.

It will be observed that the movement of the marking-wheel is ractically instantaneous and is extremely imited, so that it will not obstruct the feed mechanism whereby the paper-roll is being advanced. Said feed mechanism will be obviously ad'usted to feed the paper at the desired rate of speed.

Under some circumstances, and especially when light-colored material is bein wound and measured, it may be found desirable to imprint the mark or number directly upon the fabric itself instead of utilizing a strip or tag of paper. "When this modification is adopted, as illustrated in Figs. 6 and 7 of the drawings, the paper-roll and the feeding and.

shows precisely the quantity that is left in a Having thus described he invention, what is claimedis- 1. In a machine oftheclass described, a measurin -wheel, a cam upon the axis of said wheel, a ever having an end extended into the path of said cam, a spring supporting the opposite end of the lever, a marking-Wheel supported for rotation upon said lever, and a spring-pawl supported in constant engagement with notches in the said marking-wheel.

' 2. A measuring-Wheel, a cam dpon the axis of said wheel, a lever having an end extended into the path of said cam to be operated thereby, a spring sup orting the lever on the opposite side of its fu crum, a marking-wheel supported for rotation upon the spring-supported end of the lever, said wheel being provided with spaced type-carrying lugs, and a spring-pawl supported in constant engage ment with the lugs andthe spaces therebe tween.

3. A measuring-wheel, a lever supported in the path of and adapted to be tripped by means connected with the measuring-Wheel, a marking-wheel supported for rotation by the lever, means for advancing said marking- Wheel one step at each operation of the lever, a platen beneath the marking-Wheel, and means for advancing an adhesive coated strip between the marking-wheel and the platen.

4; A vibratory lever, a marking-wheel supported for rotation upon the said lever, a platen beneath said marking-wheel, means for advancing the latter one step at each vibration of the supporting-lever, means for advancing an adhesive-coated strip between the platen and the marking-wheel, and cutting means connected with the lever adjacent to the marking-Wheel. 5. A marking-wheel, a vibratory lever sup porting said wheel, means for advancing the marking-wheel one step'at each vibration of the supporting-lever, a platen supported beneaththe wheel having a shoulder or oiiset, means for applying ink to the face of the wheel, means for advancin an adhesivecoated strip between the whee and the platen, and a cutter connected with the lever adj acent to the wheel and cooperating with the shoulder of the platen to sever the portion of the strip advanced beyond the wheel when the latter is depressed.

6. A markin -wheel, a vibratory lever supporting said w eel, a shouldered platen beneath said Wheel, means for applying ink to the face of the wheel, means for advancing an adhesive-coated strip between the wheel and the platen, a cutter connected with the lever and cooperating with the shouldered platen, and ,a member pivoted adjacent to the cutter and terminating at its free end in a presser-foot.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixed my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

JAMES F. BOGGS. Witnessesz H. W. HABERLY. D. W. Rails. 

